triplicity
/trɪˈplɪsɪti
/noun (plural triplicities)
1 rare A group of three people or things: the triplicity of persons within the absolute unity of the godhead...
- The triplicity of the Goddess in these texts is one of the most recurrent themes.
- The triplicity of waters will give birth to a man who will choose Thursday as his holy day.
1.1 [mass noun] archaic The state of being triple.The primary meaning may be mystical, but paradoxical triplicity is very much in the spirit of the poem.
Origin
Late Middle English (as a term in astrology): from late Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplic- 'threefold' (see triplex).
- quadrumane
- quadrumanous
- quadrumvir
- quadrumvirate
- quadruped
- quadrupedal
- quadrupedalism
- quadrupedality
- quadrupedally
- quadrupedic
- quadrupedism
- quadruplane
- quadruplator
- quadruple
- quadruple algebra
- Quadruple Alliance
- quadruple counterpoint
- quadruple expansion
- quadruple proportion
- quadrupler
- quadruple rhythm
- quadruplet
- quadruple time
- quadruplex
- quadruplicate